National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination
Department of Health and Human Services
The April 2012 revised draft reflects work across the Federal Government, including the following:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:
- Administration on Aging
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Food and Drug Administration
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Indian Health Service
- National Institutes of Health
- Office of the Secretary
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
HTML Version
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Framework
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities
- Increasing Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel
- Conclusion
PDF Version
- Table of Contents – PDF (128 KB)
- Executive Summary – PDF (360 KB)
- Framework – PDF (354 KB)
- Acute Care Hospitals – PDF (998 KB)
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers – PDF (270 KB)
- End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities – PDF (484 KB)
- Increasing Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel – PDF (358 KB)
- Conclusion – PDF (60 KB)
Key Abbreviations
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| ASPA | Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs |
| ASPE | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| CAUTI | catheter-associated urinary tract infection |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDI | Clostridium difficile infection |
| CLABSI | central line-associated bloodstream infection |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CoP | Condition of Participation |
| DoD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| EHR | electronic health record |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FHISE | Federal Health Information Sharing Environment |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office |
| HAC | Hospital-Acquired Condition |
| HAI | healthcare-associated infection |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| HICPAC | Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| ICD-9 | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision |
| MDRO | multidrug-resistant organism |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NHIN | Nationwide Health Information Network |
| NHSN | National Healthcare Safety Network |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NNIS | National Nosocomial Infections Study |
| ONC | Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
| OPHS | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
| POA | present on admission |
| QIO | Quality Improvement Organization |
| SCIP | Surgical Care Improvement Project |
| SSI | surgical site infection |
| VA | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VAP | ventilator-associated pneumonia |
| VBP | Value-Based Purchasing |